SHREWSBURY -- A fire has engulfed a bowling alley late this morning, tying up traffic and forcing evacuations around the area, a report on Red Bank Green said.

According to the report, firefighters from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and other Monmouth County towns responded to the fire at Memory Bowling alley on Newman Springs Road starting at about about 11:20 a.m. According to a report in the Asbury Park Press, Shrewsbury Police Chief John Wilson said everyone was safely evacuated out of the building.

Portions of the ceiling collapsed, and the exterior wall was crumbling, the report in the Asbury Park Press said. More than an hour later, flames were still filling the sky, the report said. This morning, portions of Newman Springs Road were closed, and traffic on Route 35 was affected, the report said.